Lady in the Lake

　　《貝塞尼家的姊妹》、《烈日下的紅髮女子》作者蘿拉‧李普曼，最具野心之作！

　　1966年的巴爾的摩，是一個充滿秘密的城市。麥蒂(Maddie)原本是一名家庭主婦，如今她從近二十年的婚姻中掙脫出來，決心跟隨她年輕時的野心，過一個熱情且有意義的人生。

　　麥蒂渴望在這個變化快速的世界中留下自己的痕跡。於是，她利用自己的秘密，幫助巴爾的摩警方找到一名被謀殺的女孩，因此在該城市的報社Star得到一份工作，這讓麥蒂終於有機會成名──她發掘了一個故事：在城市公園的湖邊噴泉中，一個失蹤女子的屍體被尋獲。她是克里奧(Cleo Sherwood)，一個喜歡玩樂的年輕非裔美國女性。

　　似乎並沒有人知道或關心克里奧為什麼被殺，這個世界上只有麥蒂和克里奧自己本人才在乎，而麥蒂執意想要找到關於克里奧死亡的真相，因為她在克里奧的生命經歷中看見她自己的人生軌跡，同時也因為她堅信自己採訪調查的能力。

　　而麥蒂的野心，驅動她深入調查這起事件，儘管這將對死者的家屬、甚至是她自己的秘密情人帶來嚴重影響……。(文/博客來編譯)
　

　　The revered New York Times bestselling author returns with a novel set in 1960s Baltimore that combines modern psychological insights with elements of classic noir, about a middle-aged housewife turned aspiring reporter who pursues the murder of a forgotten young woman.

　　In 1966, Baltimore is a city of secrets that everyone seems to know—everyone, that is, except Madeline “Maddie” Schwartz. Last year, she was a happy, even pampered housewife. This year, she’s bolted from her marriage of almost twenty years, determined to make good on her youthful ambitions to live a passionate, meaningful life.

　　Maddie wants to matter, to leave her mark on a swiftly changing world. Drawing on her own secrets, she helps Baltimore police find a murdered girl—assistance that leads to a job at the city’s afternoon newspaper, the Star. Working at the newspaper offers Maddie the opportunity to make her name, and she has found just the story to do it: a missing woman whose body was discovered in the fountain of a city park lake.

　　Cleo Sherwood was a young black woman who liked to have a good time. No one seems to know or care why she was killed except Maddie—and the dead woman herself. Maddie’s going to find the truth about Cleo’s life and death. Cleo’s ghost, privy to Maddie’s poking and prying, wants to be left alone.

　　Maddie’s investigation brings her into contact with people that used to be on the periphery of her life—a jewelry store clerk, a waitress, a rising star on the Baltimore Orioles, a patrol cop, a hardened female reporter, a lonely man in a movie theater. But for all her ambition and drive, Maddie often fails to see the people right in front of her. Her inability to look beyond her own needs will lead to tragedy and turmoil for all sorts of people—including the man who shares her bed, a black police officer who cares for Maddie more than she knows.